Negatives

Power supply tied up in male contacts and sockets and negative shadows.

(Photo by Maria Fischer/The Observer)

Lipsticks and stones thrown down the rabbit (w)hole world on a string.

(Photo by Jennifer Khedaroo/The Observer)

Trapped in a bird cage, loud and so silent, curtain covering the noise.

(Photo by Ludovica Martella/The Observer)

Blood on her shoulders like the soldier who told her she’d never be bolder.

(Photo by Brianna Godshalk/The Observer)

All sorcery comes at a price—scars and bedraggled futures tangled in the insurmountable.

(Photo by Tavy Wu/The Observer)

Poetry layered on lives and deaths, commanding attention like kisses and melodies.

(Photo by Tavy Wu/The Observer)